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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ ♪ >> pelley: tonight, what does the government know about your phone calls? u.s. intelligence is collecting the phone records of millions of americans. major garrett and john miller on why and the reaction. andrea brings dangerous weather to the
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ ♪ >> pelley: tonight, what does the government know about your phone calls? u.s. intelligence is collecting the phone records of millions of americans. major garrett and john...
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but it's up to this committee to help the fda decide if there's enough science to back a policy change and allow more people to donate safely. >> it's frustrating not being able to donate blood that is not grounded in today's science. >> a complex topic. we asked you on facebook if you think the fda's blood donation by gay men is okay? >> one says continue to do what into eds to be done to protect those in need of blood transfusions. the ban may need to be expanded to include other high-risk groups. if the blood is already screened, why not get all the blood we can from all available sources. you can weigh in on wusa9 facebook's page. >>> a spokesperson for that 10- year-old child in philadelphia waiting for a lung transplant says that her condition is getting worse. secretary of health and human services confirmed that she has been placed on the adult waiting list for a new set of lungs. current federal law stipulates only children over the age of 12 are eligible for the list. >>> and now we're hearing a second child at the philadelphia children's hospital is asking to be put on the s
but it's up to this committee to help the fda decide if there's enough science to back a policy change and allow more people to donate safely. >> it's frustrating not being able to donate blood that is not grounded in today's science. >> a complex topic. we asked you on facebook if you think the fda's blood donation by gay men is okay? >> one says continue to do what into eds to be done to protect those in need of blood transfusions. the ban may need to be expanded to include...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. to the juicy part yet. i have. it's tender, too. yeah? so he texts back, "spring break '05," like that narrows it down. everyone's talking about dunkin's new juicy chicken sandwich. grab one with barbecue or bacon and ranch today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> it is 6:43. watching tropical storm andrea here on the eastern gulf of mexico. got a little stronger overnight winds up to 60 miles an hour but there's a lot of wind shear. on the western side of the storm not much going on. little bit of dry air moving in toward the center but we've got the bands of thunderstorms these heavy wands of rain and thunderstorms. in fact this tornado watch until 11:00 lowal time. one band there is approaching the east c
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. to the juicy part yet. i have. it's tender, too. yeah? so he texts back, "spring break...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> 10 after 6:00 on this really tropical feeling friday morning. very sticky outside. we have light rain and drizzle but the heavier rains are just a few hours away. we have a flood watch, the yellow alert for the day, a day you're going to try to not travel too much. you can see the reduced visibilities due to the drizzle and fog. rains really picking up here by about 9:00 or so and the rain will be heavy at times. flood watch till 10:00 p.m. several inches of rain likely with highs in the mid-70s. i'll be back in a few minutes with the weekend forecast and more on tropical storm andrea. right now here's monika with timesaver traffic whether or not you want to hear it. >>> i don't think you're going to want to hear how bad it is on the beltw
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> 10 after 6:00 on this really tropical feeling friday morning. very sticky outside. we have light rain and drizzle but the heavier...
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in the category of -- >> jack andraka found out last spring that he won one of the most prestigious science awards along with $75,000. on tuesday andraka, who just turned 16 was sitting in the first lady's box during the state of the union address. >> he's like, whoa, there's the first lady, the president, oh, my goodness. it was so exciting. >> how he got there was a story that began tragically two years ago when a close family friend died from pancreatic can sefrmt andraka wanted to invent a way to fight that disease which takes more than 100 live as day and he found one, a paper sensor that detects pancreatic cancer in its early phases, 28 times faster and cheaper than anything else. >> i was 14 in my high school biology class. >> reporter: laugh year's grand price at the high school's biggest science fair was just the beginning. on monday he got a call from the white house. it was an invitation to the state of the union and a chance to speak with the president. >> he asked me like did you get a patent on this? are you talking with different companies? >> i never thought he'd come to the
in the category of -- >> jack andraka found out last spring that he won one of the most prestigious science awards along with $75,000. on tuesday andraka, who just turned 16 was sitting in the first lady's box during the state of the union address. >> he's like, whoa, there's the first lady, the president, oh, my goodness. it was so exciting. >> how he got there was a story that began tragically two years ago when a close family friend died from pancreatic can sefrmt andraka...
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holds the key. >> science. michael sheen plays dr. william masters. good morning, michael sheen. should we call you dr. sheen? >> yes, please. you actually are a doctor. >> i am. as research for the show i became a doctor. mainly when i was asks a question. i won't do any examination. >> that's good because i've all right had my exam, thank you very much. its approach is so clinical because dr. masters felt that sex is science and that's not how most people look at it. he really wanted to know how do men and women -- how do we say this -- >> have sex. >> -- have sex and get satisfaction. help me out. >> it was as alien territory as the moon was. >> because we didn't talk about it. >> exactly. i spoke to quite a few ob-gyn surgeons and they said when people came in and had problems with, you know, there was nothing to refer to other than their own life. there was no platform to discuss those things. the difference between -- masters wants to keep it clinical. the show itself i think shows that you can't compartm
holds the key. >> science. michael sheen plays dr. william masters. good morning, michael sheen. should we call you dr. sheen? >> yes, please. you actually are a doctor. >> i am. as research for the show i became a doctor. mainly when i was asks a question. i won't do any examination. >> that's good because i've all right had my exam, thank you very much. its approach is so clinical because dr. masters felt that sex is science and that's not how most people look at it....
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. >> reporter: fbi agents entered the science fiction section of the san francisco library on tuesday and arrested the man, 29-year-old roaz obrecht. he's the mastermind behind an underground drug market known as silk road. >> it was set up to be completely anonymous, hidden from law enforcement efforts. >> the site was shut down by the fbi. it products included illegal drugs from heroin to location and also guns, fake licences, and hacking services. >> this is a website through which it's estimated $1.2 billion passed. >> the operation used a cyber currency called bit coins which are independent of financial institutions, making them hard to trace. albrecht also signed them outside of the regular internet. instead he set it up which allows users to visit it anonymously. >> it was a sophisticated electronic smoke screen and it took federal agents almost two years to infill trait albrecht. according to the fbi, albrecht not only want on to become the largest digital drug lord but with a twist straight from tv they allege he tried to put a hit on a blackmailer. they caught him because h
. >> reporter: fbi agents entered the science fiction section of the san francisco library on tuesday and arrested the man, 29-year-old roaz obrecht. he's the mastermind behind an underground drug market known as silk road. >> it was set up to be completely anonymous, hidden from law enforcement efforts. >> the site was shut down by the fbi. it products included illegal drugs from heroin to location and also guns, fake licences, and hacking services. >> this is a website...
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and save up to $10 on your combined purchase of select hills® science diet® cat food and fresh step® cat litter. at petsmart®. g >>> it's time now for "morning rounds," our look at the top medical news during the week. joining us are our cbs medical contributor dr. jon lapook and dr. holly williams.'s is getting a lot of >> reporter: while mcdonald's meals may be happy, healthy has been anoth ♪ ham bergers, french fries, pop for you ♪ >> reporter: next year mcdonald's customers will be able to substitute fruit, salad, or a vegetable for french fries. >> the only pressure we have at mcdonald's that we fail to fuel is the customers. any business not doing that will be not be in business. >> reporter: the developies will be rolled out in countries including united states. advertising directing to children will feature nutrition messages. >> this is the first time a big player in the food business has made a commitment in the united states to change advertising directed at children. >> all right. pretty impressive. dr. jon, maybe one day when we think mcdonald's we'll hear gold cris
and save up to $10 on your combined purchase of select hills® science diet® cat food and fresh step® cat litter. at petsmart®. g >>> it's time now for "morning rounds," our look at the top medical news during the week. joining us are our cbs medical contributor dr. jon lapook and dr. holly williams.'s is getting a lot of >> reporter: while mcdonald's meals may be happy, healthy has been anoth ♪ ham bergers, french fries, pop for you ♪ >> reporter: next...